Malaysia's economy expanded at the fastest pace in more than two years in the second quarter on the back of domestic demand and robust exports, defying expectations for a slight slowdown. The strong performance is likely to add to speculation that Prime M

China's home price growth slowed in July, with Beijing declining for a second straight month, reinforcing expectations that property price growth may stagnate over the course of the year. Government restrictions to keep prices in check weighed on larger c

Hong Kong shares finished down on Friday, tracking weak global markets after the S&P 500 recorded its biggest percentage drop in three months on Thursday amid growing doubts over the Trump administration's ability to implement its economic agenda. The Han

China stocks were largely steady on Friday, with investor optimism over strong corporate earnings and economic fundamentals offsetting some pressure to take profits from recent gains. The blue-chip CSI300 index tacked on 0.1 percent, to 3,725.09 points, w

Wall Street recouped losses in early afternoon trading on Friday following a New York Times report that President Donald Trump has decided to remove chief strategist Steve Bannon. Bannon is known as an economic nationalist and an advocate of "America Firs

US stocks sold off on Thursday, with the S&P 500 recording its biggest daily percentage drop in three months as escalating worries about the Trump administration's ability to push through its economic agenda rattled investors. The benchmark index also clo

Sri Lankan shares rose on Friday on bargain-hunting following five consecutive sessions of falls and after a top official said the government would address concerns about a possible tax on trading stocks. The Colombo stock index rose 0.44 percent, or 28.1

US Treasury yields fell on Thursday as investors, unnerved by a deadly attack in Barcelona and speculation about a top White House economic adviser quitting, favoured safe, low-yielding bonds over stocks and other risky assets. Rumours that Gary Cohn, dir

US Treasury yields fell on Thursday as investors, unnerved by a deadly attack in Barcelona and speculation about a top White House economic adviser quitting, favoured safe, low-yielding bonds over stocks and other risky assets. Rumours that Gary Cohn, dir

Nigerian stocks closed higher on Friday for the second consecutive day, lifted by shares in banking, cement and a consumer goods maker. The main share index ended up 1.66 percent at 36,920 points after bargain hunters returned to take positions in Guarant

Indian shares fell on Friday led by Infosys Ltd that plunged after the resignation of Chief Executive Vishal Sikka heightened uncertainty about the IT services provider's future. However, the BSE and NSE indexes still posted their biggest weekly gain in f

Tokyo's benchmark index closed at its lowest level in more than three months Friday in the wake of Barcelona's deadly attack and concerns over US President Donald Trump's economic agenda. A van ploughed into crowds of pedestrians on the Spanish city's mos

European travel stocks fell sharply on Friday after the van attack in tourist hotspot Barcelona. Investors were also increasingly concerned about the stability of the Trump administration. As a global share sell-off spread, the pan-European STOXX 600 ende

Australian shares ended lower on Friday, led by Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and other financials which accounted for about half of the losses, as sentiment was hurt after heavy overnight selling in US stocks. US stocks sold off on Thursday, wi

Most Southeast Asian stock markets ended lower on Friday, tracking broader Asia and Wall Street, as worries escalated over US President Donald Trump's ability to push through his economic agenda. The exodus of executives from two prominent business counci

Britain's top share index came under pressure from falls among consumer giants, financials and airline stocks, caught up in a broader risk-off move following the attack in Spain. The FTSE 100 index ended the session down 0.9 percent at 7,323.98 points, ex

The dollar slipped versus the yen on Friday, hampered by renewed investor concerns over the Trump administration's ability to push forward its economic policy agenda. The dollar fell 0.2 percent to 109.33 yen, pulling further away from this week's high of

The yen was the major mover among the G10 group of developed world currencies on Friday, gaining another half percent against the dollar as nerves over stock market valuations and the future of an 8-year global rally seeped into other assets. The euro had

The dollar fell to a four-month low against the Japanese yen on Friday as investors sought out the safe-haven currency in light of uncertainty about the White House's ability to push through its economic agenda. The yen was the major mover among developed

The dollar rose on Thursday, boosted by weakness in the euro after the European Central Bank's July policy meeting minutes, but the US currency was volatile as rumours swirled about the possible resignation of Gary Cohn, director of the US National Econom

The Sri Lankan rupee ended weaker on Friday as importer dollar demand surpassed sales of the US currency by banks, dealers said. The spot rupee ended at 153.33/38 per dollar, compared with Thursday's close of 153.20/30. "We have seen state banks buying do

Most Asian currencies were subdued on Friday, while the Philippines peso hit a fresh 11-year low, as markets shied away from riskier assets amid rising doubts about US President Donald Trump's ability to push through his economic agenda. Investors fretted

China'a yuan eased against the US dollar on Friday and looked set to post its first weekly loss since early July, after a strong multi-month rally. Prior to the market open, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the midpoint rate at 6.6744 per dollar prio

Britain's pound edged lower against the dollar on Friday and is set for its biggest weekly decline in more than two months as investors lightened positions after the week of lacklustre data quashed expectations of policy tightening in the coming months.

The Australian and New Zealand dollars gave back gains made the previous day and hovered near one-month lows on Friday in what is shaping up to be a third week of poor returns. The Australian dollar held at $0.7892, within spitting distance of $0.7808 tou

West Bromwich Albion have rejected an offer for centre-back Jonny Evans from Manchester City, manager Tony Pulis confirmed on Friday. "They made an offer and we've turned it down," Pulis told a press conference ahead of West Brom's trip to Burnley on Satu

Seasoned golfer Shabbir Iqbal is leading the professionals category on the 2nd day of 22nd CNS Open Golf Championship with eight under par. Javed Inayat with five under par in senior professionals category and Zeeshan Khan with even par in junior professi

Independence Day Sports Gala concluded in Mohmand Agency on Thursday amidst great fun and joy. Political Agency Mohmand Mehmood Aslam Wazir, Commander Lt. Col. Syed Abid Hussain, Lt. Col. Muhammad Umair and Aps of Mohmand Upper and Lower Mohmand, Director

Rafael Nadal and Karolina Pliskova, the number one seeds at the WTA and ATP Cincinnati Masters, never got a chance to break a sweat before play was halted Thursday at the rain-hit tournament. Czech defending champion Pliskova led Italian qualifier Camila

Yes Russian triple jumper Anna Pystykh was on Friday handed a four year doping ban and stripped of her 2007 world championship bronze medal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced. The now 36-year-old Russian finished fourth in the triple jump

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has strongly condemned the reckless statements made by batsman Umar Akmal with regards to his omission from the ICC Champions Trophy squad. While making frivolous allegations against the national team management, a PCB spo

Peshawar White edged past Charsadda by 2-1 in a thrilling encounter of the ongoing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inter-District Football Championship being played here at Sumbal Khan Football ground Qayyum Sports Complex on Friday. Director, Youth Aziz Ullah Khan wa

Sri Lanka are looking to new captain Upul Tharanga for redemption in the one-day international series starting Sunday against India after enduring a humiliating Test whitewash on home soil. Tharanga will lead the islanders into the opening match of the OD

Captain Steve Smith on Friday backed Usman Khawaja to return to the Australian team for this month's two-Test series in Bangladesh. Smith, speaking ahead of the team's departure to Dhaka, said left-hander Khawaja was a key player for the Ashes series agai

Malaysia are gunning to top the medals table and generate some positive headlines after pulling out all the stops to host the Southeast Asian Games, which open in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The steamy nation has finished top of the medals tally only once,

Alastair Cook's double century ensured West Indies continued to struggle in the inaugural day/night Test in England at Edgbaston on Friday. England were 449 for four at lunch on the second day, with opening batsman and former captain Cook 213 not out afte

The United States' most senior military officer on Friday said North Korea understands that an any attack on Japan is equal to one on the US itself - and vice versa. General Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held talks with his Japanese

James Murdoch, the chief executive of 21st Century Fox whose father Rupert has been a Donald Trump ally, criticized the US president's response to recent violence in Virginia and pledged to donate $1 million to countering hate. The unusual political inter

A statue of a former Supreme Court justice who ruled in the 19th century that blacks were not entitled to US citizenship was removed overnight from the grounds of the Maryland State House. The removal of the statue of Roger Taney, who served on the nation

President Donald Trump on Friday finally parted ways with controversial far-right chief strategist Steve Bannon, after weeks of speculation and as the administration reels from the fallout over Trump's response to a violent white supremacist rally. Seen a

Six Vietnamese villagers, including three children, were killed Friday when a US war-era bomb exploded in a mountainous area along the country's south central coast, state media reported. Early reports said authorities believe the ordnance detonated after

One man was killed and another injured in a stabbing in the western German city of Wuppertal on Friday police said, adding that the attacker was still on the loose. "We can confirm there has been a deadly crime. One man has died and another man is in hosp

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday appointed an officer from the island's Tamil minority to head the navy for the first time since a separatist war erupted 45 years ago. Rear Admiral Travis Sinniah is the first Tamil to head a wing of th

Azerbaijan has frozen the bank accounts of the country's only independent news agency, its director said Friday, in a step that could shutter the outlet. The Turan agency is a rare voice of dissent in the tightly-controlled Caspian Sea nation and has not

Rwandan President Paul Kagame was sworn in Friday for a third term in office after a crushing election win that rights groups criticised over irregularities and voter intimidation. Nineteen African heads of state were present at the ceremony which took pl

Defend Europe, the group which sent a ship to waters off Libya to protest and potentially block migrant flows to Europe, has ended its controversial and setback-plagued mission. The multinational network of far-right activists said the chartering of the b

Israel's Supreme Court has frozen implementation of a law legalising dozens of Jewish settlements built on private Palestinian land, which the UN labelled a "thick red line". The decision was condemned by rightwing Israeli politicians who accused the judi

NASA on Friday launched the latest in a series of satellites aimed at ensuring astronauts at the International Space Station can communicate with Earth. The $408 million Boeing-made Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-M) soared into space atop an Atla

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defiantly stepped into Germany's election campaign on Friday, calling on ethnic Turks not to vote next month for the two parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling grand coalition Erdogan said ethnic Turks in Germa

ICE cotton gained on Friday, edging away from one-month lows hit in the previous session as the US dollar strengthened, however, the natural fibre was on track for its second straight weekly decline on worries over higher US production. Cotton prices "are

Zinc prices rallied close to decade-highs for the second time this week on Friday, leading mixed trading in base metals. The most traded zinc contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed 2 percent higher at 26,150 yuan ($3,916.90) a tonne on Friday. S

Zinc prices were on track on Friday for their biggest weekly rise since November, as a sharp fall in stocks held the metal near its highest in a decade. Aluminium and copper also ended the week near multi-year highs and nickel touched its highest level si

Oil prices rose sharply on Friday, as the dollar fell and US drillers cut rigs, feeding a rally that boosted global benchmark Brent crude to a weekly gain while US crude was virtually flat on the week. US energy firms cut oil rigs for a second week in thr

Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures dropped on Friday as investors took profits following a fall in Shanghai futures and ahead of the weekend, but it marked a third straight weekly gain, backed by firmer demand in China, the world's biggest rubber buyer. The T

The following were Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:

The following were Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:

Malaysian palm oil futures rose for a second consecutive session by the close on Friday, climbing by nearly 1 percent and buoyed by expectations of rising demand and tracking gains in palm kernel oil prices. Another trader said palm prices were also suppo

Arabica coffee futures on ICE US fell to a five-week low on Friday, weighed by fund-selling, ample supplies and sluggish physical demand. Cocoa and sugar prices rose slightly. December arabica coffee settled down 0.35 cent, or 0.3 percent, at $1.317 per l

Gold rose for a second day on Thursday after Federal Reserve officials hinted that US interest rates could rise more slowly than expected, while palladium was lifted to a fresh 16-year high by strong industrial metals markets. A cautious Dallas Fed Presid

Gold rose for a third day on Friday amid weaker Asian stocks, with some investors gravitating towards safe-haven assets on political uncertainty in the United States and after a terrorist attack in Spain killed 13 people. Spot gold climbed 0.3 percent to

Gold jumped to its highest in more than nine months on Friday as the dollar retreated on political uncertainty in the United States and a suspected Islamist attack in Spain boosted bullion's safe-haven appeal. Spot gold touched its highest since Nov. 9 at

Green Pool said on Thursday it had raised its forecast for a projected global sugar surplus in the 2017/18 season tonnes to 5.55 million tonnes from 4.72 million seen previously. The Australian-based analyst also sharply reduced the size of an expected de

US corn, soyabean and wheat futures firmed slightly on Friday, but outlooks for good weather for crop development limited attempts at a rally, traders said. As a result, all three commodities were on track to post weekly losses. "Ongoing pressure from lar

Gold prices were little changed after jumping to their highest in more than nine months on Friday as the dollar retreated on political uncertainty in the United States and a suspected Islamist militant attack in Spain boosted bullion's safe-haven appeal.

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has transferred and posted 64 officials of Pakistan Customs Service BPS-18 to 19 with immediate effect.

The Law Department, FATA has released the details of acts in tribal areas under National Action Plan (NAP) in the Senate Standing Committee on SAFRAN here on Friday. From December 2014 till date, 1086 terrorists were killed and 210 suspected terrorists we

Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Friday said that role of National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) is very vital in the fight against terrorism and it should ensure implementation on National Action Plan (NAP) in true letter and spirit. He said this d

Deputy Chairman Senate Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri has assured he would extend all out support to the Coordination Committee (CC) for customs in order to resolve pending issues. He was speaking at a seminar on 'Reforms in Taxation System and Procedures,

The Punjab police have declared Mall Road as red zone area of the provincial metropolis for having sensitive installations on it. Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Arif Nawaz Khan revealed this during a meeting with media persons here on Friday. It

The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party (PPDWP) approved three development schemes of road sector with an estimated cost of Rs 2713.015 million on Friday in its 12th meeting of current fiscal year 2017-1. The meeting was presided over the Chairman

Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has condemned the Barcelona terrorist attack in which innocent human lives were lost and urged the world for universal efforts to eliminate terror from the globe. The 29-year-old Pak leader and PPP Ch

As many as 22 Ferraris, including a Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) commander Ainuddin Friday surrendered to security forces. The Ferraris surrendered during a ceremony, held at Frontier Corps (FC) Madadgar Headquarters, Quetta, an Inter Services Public Rela

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has said that KP government believed in the result-oriented governance in the province. He was highly appreciative of the valuable contribution, the outgoing Chief Secretary made to the smooth, transparent

Former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday strongly reacted to his former cabinet colleague, Pervez Rashid's statement, asking him to advise the government to make the Dawn leaks inquiry report public should he considers himself an "innoce

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) in collaboration with M/s Pink Ribbon arranged an awareness session at its corporate head office on 18th Aug, 2017. The session was graced by DMD Amir Tufail, while senior officials and significant number of male

Police arrested four suspects from the Gugh Mori village near Jhudo town of Mirpurkhas on Friday for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping and death of a 19-year-old girl. The girl's body was found in a sewer of the village on Friday morning, follow

Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has directed the provincial health minister to immediately contact the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to help control the spread of dengue disease in Peshawar. Shahbaz has asked the minister and health

The University of Agriculture Faisalabad on Friday took out an awareness walk to mark national tree plantation day aimed at creating the awareness among the people about the blessings of trees and the safe environment.

Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Seplaa Enterprises to conduct information sessions and trainings through the Impact Change Xcelerator (ICx) Seplaa platform. The ICx Seplaa is a unique social

As the monsoon has entered in a weaker phase after mid-August in Pakistan the water flows in four rivers have sharply dropped forcing the Indus River System Authority to release 60,000 cusecs water from the dams to meet urgent irrigation water needs for g

Around 65,000 candidates including 41,000 females and 24,000 males will appear in Punjab Medical & Dental Colleges' Admission Test (MDCAT) on Sunday. The Punjab government has finalized the arrangements for the test and has deputed senior bureaucrats as m

For achieving objectives of mass transit system in the provincial metropolis, the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train will be connected with the Lahore Metro Bus System (Green Line) as well as the Lahore Railway Station by constructing two special walkways for

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has started election campaign of Kulsoom Nawaz, the party candidate from NA-120 in her absence. On Friday, the PML-N supporters held door to door campaign in Rajgarh area where they also had encounter with the PTI acti

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) candidate in NA-120 Ishtiaq Ahmed Chaudhry has challenged the acceptance of nomination papers of Ms Kulsoom Nawaz. The tribunal comprising Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh and Justice Shahid Waheed of the Lahore High Court will re

Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) held a meeting with a group of young promising entrepreneurs at its office in Lahore on Friday to announce the soft launch of a specialized entrepreneurship desk. The specialized entrepreneurship desk aims to wo

The Punjab government has decided to induct world-fame distinguished scientists in the proposed Science Enclave Project under Punjab Food, Agriculture and Drug Authority (PAFDA). Advertisement in this regard has been floated in the international media in

Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif while inaugurating the hepatitis filter clinic at District Headquarters Hospital Kasur on Friday said those who talked about change should listen that they are bringing real change. "Those who have talked about change

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) spokesman Fawad Chaudhary has criticized former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his sons for not appearing before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday. Addressing a press conference, he said the Sharif family

Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Arif Nawaz Khan has stressed the need for ensuring 'close' monitoring of the welfare initiatives which are being taken for the families of martyred and serving cops across the province. "The police officers concern

The Lahore High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging increase in prices of sugar for being not maintainable and observed that fixing sugar's price was not the responsibility of courts. The petitioner Obaidullah Kalyar advocate submitted that s

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman has said he does not trust the National Accountability Bureau as it was formed during the tenure of a dictator. "The bureau was formed to avenge politicians," Fazal said while talking to the media pe

TPL Maps, Pakistan's first digital mapping solution continues to roll out innovative, user-driven capabilities on its next generation mobile app services. With its latest release, the company unveiled "TPL Maps Urdu", a detailed mapping service in the nat

House of Nurpur in collaboration with Foodies R' Us hosted a dessert competition for children and adults. The Little Big Chef competition took place on the Foodies R' Us Facebook platform, spanning over a period of 2 weeks and culminated on 13th August 20

The chairman of the Enquiries and Anti-Corruption Establishment, Alamuddin Bullo, has expressed his displeasure at the poor performance of the ACE's prosecutors and investigation officers and said that inadequate case preparation will not be tolerated.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed Transport department to take all out efforts to float international tender for Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project so that it could be started in December 25, the birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad A

Fishermen returned a 7.5 feet long juvenile whale shark to the sea following its trapping into a net near to Balochistan's island on Thursday, August 17. The fortunate young shark found its release through a coordinated effort of a fishing boat crew and i

Some 180,000 animals, 150,000 cows, 30,000 goats and 1,000 camels have reached in Sohrab Goth's Cattle Market. Last year 225,000 animals had arrived there for sale. The administrator of the Cattle Market, Syed Irshad Ahmed, said a number of facilities, in

The Met Office on Friday forecast mainly hot and humid for the most parts of the country in the next 24 hours. However, rain-thunderstorm is expected at a few places in Malakand and Hazara Divisions over the period. Temperature in Turbat was 45 degrees Ce

The Balochistan government has launched Accelerated Learning Pathway (ALP) programme to bring religious seminaries operating in the province into the mainstream. The ALP seeks to broaden the scope of education in the seminaries and has been jointly launch

Two-Day training workshop on "Climate Change Projections and its impact on Water System Performance" concluded on Friday at US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W) Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET), Jamshoro.